If you’re not listening to Andrew Bryant, get your shit together and start. I’ve known AB for a really long time (we think) from our youth group days. His new album, Sentimental Noises, came out […]
Goodbye, Sven (Devin Kate Pope)
It costs two hundred dollars to humanely put a bird to sleep. That’s significantly less than the one thousand it costs for the MRI to see if surgery is possible. And the surgery is still […]
Seven Lines of Gratitude: A Rejection letter to Poets Who Run After Fire (Timi Sanni)
–& because sometimes, a muse becomes a peacock or because sometimes, a muse becomes a saint who revels in the glory of confessions that when a lie uncloaks and tries to hide between the lines […]
#soundslikemyweddingnight (Madeleine Corley)
Your joke hums and I can’tunhear it. As if you weren’tfrequenting motels where the headdesigners kerneled their ceilingsfor you and other fuckers. I bangmy fist against the wall I offeredto you and your lovers and […]
blake levario in therapy (blake levario)
my therapist asks me, blake, can you please tell me: what have you lost and what have you found? i really don’t want to answer, but: a new oat milk brand. wellbutrin. i drink cappuccino. […]
Diamondhead (Amy Barnes)
I cut off Bob’s head with my good sewing scissors. The lei around his neck looked frivolous when the picture was snapped. He hated it. His sneeze was exaggerated like a cartoon character. On that […]
Zelda (Danielle Chelosky)
I am in Michigan when Zelda the Mysterious predicts:You are a very sensitive person and a very critical one. You have a sharp tongue which may cause unhappiness to others.[…]
Rock Garden, Extended Cut (Jack B. Bedell)
Rock Zen #11 “They say that in war/ Truth be the first casualty.” […]
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Rejected Taco Bell Story (Chris L. Butler)
ACT I The first dog I ever lovedWas not one I personally ownedHe taught me SpanishWell, maybe he introduced me to itEither wayHe always made me laugh as a child Escucha, salsa music The man […]
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